"Ed Walsh" wrote in message
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Folks,

Looking for some insight a good sand blaster. I have 6 - 100+ year old
mantels that I want to restore. I was thinking that sand blasting might
be
the best way to get thru all of the layers of who knows what that is on
each
of them. They have been uninstalled and can be blasted outdoors.

I was hoping there might be something reasonable out there that could do
this job.

I wouldn't do it Ed. The sandblaster is going to raise havoc with your
wood. You'll probably have lead paint issues to deal with as well. I'd use
a chemical stripper. You'd need a pretty hefty compressor to sandblast
anything more than very small spot stuff anyway.

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-Mike-